USS Whipple (DD-217)
USS Whipple circa 1921 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Whipple |
| Namesake | Abraham Whipple |
| Builder | William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia |
| Yard number | 483 |
| Laid down | 12 June 1919 |
| Launched | 6 November 1919 |
| Commissioned | 23 April 1920 |
| Decommissioned | 9 November 1945 |
| Stricken | 5 December 1945 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 30 September 1947 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Clemson-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,308 tons |
| Length | 314 ft 4 in (95.81 m) |
| Beam | 30 ft 11+1⁄2 in (9.436 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft 4 in (2.84 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Complement | 101 officers and enlisted |
| Armament |
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USS Whipple (DD- 217/AG-117), a Clemson-class destroyer was the second ship of the United States Navy named in honor of Commodore Abraham Whipple (1733–1819), who served in the Continental Navy.